New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-15
A BIG BLAZE IN BROOKLYN.
CAR STABLES. CARS AND HORSES BURNED.
TIE CULVER AND VANDERBILT AVENUE STATIONS
DESrKOYED-LnSs SlI.0O0.


TIE CULVER AND vANDEEBILT AVENUE STATIONS
DfsrROYED-LosS $4,000.
All brooklyn Illuminated early last even
ing by fire on the highest ground in the city.
| involving the destruction Of the station OF the
| Prospect Park and COncy Island Railroad, pOlu-
| larly known as Culver's, at Nnth-ave. and 1wen-
tleth-st, ad joining Greenwood Cemetery. Besides
being the terminus of Culver's road. the station
building contained the stables of the Vanderbilt
and Ninthave. street line, formerly controlled
| by the railroad company and recently purchased
by the Atlantic Avenue company. The structure
was huge brick building, measurin: 200 by 125
feet, and three stories high with long covered
| platforms running along the railroad track for
considerable distance
lhe building was filled with inilammabc ma
teriaS, and within few minutes after the fire
was discovered. it had spread throughout the
structure and blazcd high in the air. Great
clouds Of smoke rolled of to tie northeast and
were lighted up by the lames, making striking
sight, which thousands of persons stopped on the
streets to see. The fire burned Gcrccly for an
hour and a half and destroyed the building and
/ its contents Of cars horses and feed.
:EAKING oCT l. THE FEED ROOM
Policeman Ecnnctt discovered the fire about
| q y. IN. i'll the feed room in the basement and
| telcphoncd To the Fire Department But before
an engine could get to the spot the flames had
spread through the whole structure. Two more
| alarms were sounded, and all the fire engines in
the Western District Of the city FASTENED to the
! SPOT The lcrccness Of the fire and the lack of
water prevented much effective work on the part
| OF the fircmcn. The station is 176 feet above
tdewat,r, aud the mains are supplied from the
| Mount Prospect reservoir, which is only few
feet higher and a mic or more away, so that the
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was soon exhausted Only three streams could be
brought 10 Play upon the fire in the building. The
wind also carried the flames across the street to
the restaurants. florists establishments and marble
yards, which flied the north side Of Ninth-ave.
between Nineteenth and Twentieth sts.
The station binding and ear stables. all under
one roof, were completely guttcd by the fire, which
burned mp the cats. hay and feed i'm the basement
| twenty-five street ears of the Nandcrbt-avc. line
and three ears oi the steam railroad on the first
roor and 100 horses which were stabbed on tine
second floor lhc noighng and whnnying Of the
unfortunate animals could be heard for several
blocks before they were suTocatcd by the smoke.
The foreman OF the stable succeeded in getting
t"cnty-thttc Of the horses. but could save
Tnr BUILDING LoTAL Loss.
The walls cfthr burned bullding fell in after
the interior was burned out. making the structure
total loss. The Prospect Park and Coney
Island Railroad Company stores It's cars
and engines at Coney Island
or Ihey would tavc been burned with the rest of
th" contents, and four engines wcre saved. The
brick buIidIng cost - 1000 when built
~ lN72. aud tie wooden extension at
tac rcW cost $4,000 1t is estimated TO
10 be worth r6OO)O. Inc loss on the rorScS
Is unafcd 10 $4,000. on the cars which were
burned F2O. 900. ii on the feed 5000. making
the ;otdi ~ 10 OGD. Toe Insurance was $1,000
| on tine hu.idmg, $22,OO) on the ncI,cS ami
SIl l.UOO Oa thc "a aJd iced. The railroad com
plur Iust %lO.OoD the shed at TIE rear
OF "a" station, and $500 on tnc ears burned. B0th
were insured.
The bul ding4 on the opposite sd" Of
the street owned hy James
pa.y. who managed hqnor-,hop aud
fprl5,'s establishment. He paced ms loss at
$50 900 AMI nj tenants los ot 5000. he stone
ward of \. t. DI u ic damaget 10 The eX "nt OF
81 500. The total o,s /, not Tar from , 100 600.
there va hosting cuglIc IN thc basement con
Meeting with al elevator running 10 tie top uOOr.
but the hrc put out at . O'Clock. PTo.i-
dent William Richard on, Of the Atlantic
ANcuuc i;ail .oId COMPANY; 80 whom the ears and
horses hcionEcd said Hst evening that he Thought
the llr' y 80 caused by workman dropping q coal
from IN. p.pc Iu h' ha-cMcut. OF else tne tire
tie wor oi au ~. clCi1rf. Wiihiu year tnrcc Of
the stab.., brlolgnV to hI, company have been
burned r.i.lg Iu the ry'nlng-onc at irtnd-IVr
and iu,lci-st.. and another n ScYrJtl-aVc. aud
Iwruiicfn--t F.r" Marsha Levi, saId thaI there
were 800 .Iuuuu- Tor su>piciIu ui iLCcuGlIiI>U.